Benevolence: A Family Secrets Novel with Romance

By Jennifer Ray

Dara has spent her whole life watching quietly instead of talking. She stutters. All of that is about to change when she goes to live with her eccentric Aunt Cecelia, who refuses to let her hide behind her speech impediment. The evening she arrives at Aunt Cecelia's home in the wealthy suburbs of Chicago, she meets Daren. She likes what she sees and wants him for herself. Daren's mother and Daren himself were former students of Aunt Cecelia's Etiquette Academy for Brown Skins, a school that teaches African Americans of all ages social graces and etiquette. Against Dara's will, Aunt Cecelia enrolls her in these classes. Between speech therapy, etiquette classes, an irresistible attraction to Daren, and the unveiling of family secrets, Dara's new life will have you laughing, applauding. This is a love story in more ways than one.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481970992
• ISBN13: 9781481970990
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"